Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 11002 - Lajitas Utility District No. 1 Of Brewster County

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 11002.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Director" means a board member. (3) "District" means the Lajitas Utility District No....
• Texas Section 11002.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a utility district with combined powers created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 11002.003 - Confirmation And Directors' Election Required
  The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102,...
• Texas Section 11002.004 - Findings Of Public Purpose And Benefit
  (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. (b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 11002.005 - Initial District Territory
  (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter. (b) The boundaries and field notes...
• Texas Section 11002.051 - Governing Body; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors. (b) Except as provided by Section 11002.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms. Added...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 11002.052 - Temporary Directors
  (a) The temporary board consists of: (1) Brent Ratliff; (2) George Kutch; (3) John Nolan; (4) Renee Lorenz; and (5) H. C. Ross. (b) If...
• Texas Section 11002.101 - General Powers And Duties
  The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 11002.102 - Municipal Utility District Powers And Duties
  The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal...
• Texas Section 11002.103 - Improvement Projects And Services
  Except as provided by Section 11002.113, the district may provide improvement projects and services in the same manner as a municipal management district under Section...
• Texas Section 11002.104 - Authority For Road Projects
  (a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and convey to this state, a...
• Texas Section 11002.105 - Approval Of Road Project
  (a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 11002.104 unless: (1) each county that will operate and maintain the road has...
• Texas Section 11002.106 - Compliance With Municipal Consent Ordinance Or Resolution
  The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that...
• Texas Section 11002.107 - Limitation On Use Of Eminent Domain
  (a) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for: (1) a road project...
• Texas Section 11002.108 - Electric Power Facilities
  The district may construct or acquire electric power generating, transmission, and distribution facilities and improvements in aid of these facilities. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 11002.109 - Airport
  The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate an airport and improvements in aid of the airport. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 11002.110 - Exercise Of Powers Of Development Corporation
  The district may exercise the powers of a corporation created under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code). Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 11002.111 - Division Of District
  (a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district: (1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and (2) is...
• Texas Section 11002.112 - Groundwater Regulation
  Section 36.121, Water Code, does not apply to a groundwater well owned or used by the district within the boundaries of the Brewster County Groundwater...

SUBCHAPTER D TRANSFER OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

• Texas Section 11002.113 - Retail Electric Utility Services Prohibited
  The district may not provide retail electric utility services, including transmission and distribution services, to residential, retail, commercial, industrial, or other customers inside or outside...
• Texas Section 11002.151 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "receiving entity" means the entity that holds a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas for...
• Texas Section 11002.152 - Transfer Of Certain Improvements Required
  Subject to Section 11002.155, the district shall transfer improvements described by Section 11002.108 in accordance with this section on the later of: (1) the date...
• Texas Section 11002.153 - Construction Standards
  A public improvement transferred under this subchapter must be constructed in compliance with: (1) the requirements and specifications established by the receiving entity on or...
• Texas Section 11002.154 - Partial Transfer In Stages
  The district may transfer part of an improvement under this subchapter if the district completes construction of the improvement in stages. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 11002.155 - Transfer Without Debt Required
  The district shall convey all improvements that it is required to transfer under this subchapter without debt or other encumbrance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 11002.156 - Ownership And Responsibility After Transfer
  (a) After a transfer under this subchapter, the receiving entity owns the improvement and has sole jurisdiction and control over the improvement. On acceptance of...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 11002.157 - Effect Of Conveyance On District Debt
  Conveyance of a public improvement to a receiving entity under this subchapter does not affect: (1) the sole responsibility of the district to pay in...
• Texas Section 11002.201 - Elections Regarding Taxes Or Bonds
  (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by: (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or (2) contract payments...
• Texas Section 11002.202 - Operation And Maintenance Tax
  (a) If authorized at an election held under Section 11002.201, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district...
• Texas Section 11002.203 - Contract Taxes
  (a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue...
• Texas Section 11002.204 - Sales And Use Tax
  (a) The district may impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election...
• Texas Section 11002.205 - Assessments; Municipal Management District Powers
  Except as provided by Section 11002.206, the district may levy and collect special assessments in the same manner and for the same purposes as a...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

• Texas Section 11002.206 - Electric Utility Property Exempt From Impact Fees And Assessments
  The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of an electric cooperative as...
• Texas Section 11002.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds And Other Obligations
  The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, sales and use...
• Texas Section 11002.252 - Taxes For Bonds
  (a) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of...
• Texas Section 11002.253 - Bonds For Road Projects
  At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad...

Last modified: September 28, 2016